1949 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1949 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the Detroit Red Wings and the defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs, the second straight between Detroit and Toronto. The Maple Leafs would win the series in four-straight games to win their third consecutive Stanley Cup and eighth in the history of the franchise.

Stanley Cup engraving

†The following members were engraved on the original Stanley Cup in 1949, but removed from the current Cup Bill Ezinicki† (player-by mistake-played in the finals), Archie Campbell†, Ed Finkin†, Norman Delarue†, Horance MacIntyre†, James Murphy† (non players). There is room for 5 more names be included on the cup.

††Tod Sloan's name is not on the cup in 1949, but was included on the team picture. Sloan only played 29 games, and did not play in the playoffs. Sloan name was engraved on the cup in 1951, 1961.

William A.H. MacBrien's last name was spelled wrong. W.A.H. MacBRIAN with an "A" instead of an "E". Mistake was corrected on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.